AMIR KHAN could be handed the perfect birthday present this year – a £5million fight with Floyd Mayweather Junior.

The Bolton fighter’s US promoters Golden Boy are looking at a clash with Mayweather and have circled December 8 – Khan’s 26th birthday – as the most likely date.

The British boxer plans to step up to welterweight if he beats WBC champ Danny Garcia to become the world’s No.1 light-welterweight.

Pretty Boy is due to be released from prison next month after being sentenced for assaulting his former partner and Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions, is already planning his client’s comeback.

Ellerbe has been in Las Vegas this week and was spotted chatting to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer on Wednesday. Schaefer said: “Mayweather is something I’ll be discussing with Amir and his family.

“We will then decide if it’s better to have a fight first at 147lbs or go direct for Mayweather. It’s a fight both fighters seem to want and it’s up to me to try and put it together.”

Khan could expect to pocket around £5m from the mega-fight, with the MGM Grand in Vegas the most likely venue with US broadcaster HBO and Sky Box Office showing it on pay per view.

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The reinstated WBA Super champ hinted he may take a warm-up fight at 147lbs before facing the world’s pound-for-pound king.

Khan said: “I don’t know if Mayweather will be this year but you never know. I’m going to get this fight out of the way then think about it.”

Khan is right to focus on the unbeaten Garcia. His loss to Lamont Peterson was excused as the American was exposed as a drugs cheat but another defeat would be devastating at this critical point of his career.

Garcia, 24, should not be in his class, despite his dad’s big talk – he has only had one previous world title fight.

That was in March when he beat a creaking Erik Morales to win the WBC belt while many observers felt he was lucky to scrape a split-decision win over Ashley Theophane in 2010.

Garcia says he can negate Khan’s lightning speed. He said: “Timing beats speed any day – and a good jab. He needs more than speed to beat me.”

That sounds like wishful thinking and a relaxed Khan took on his dad at Thursday’s head-to-head, throwing his taunt that Pakistanis can’t fight back in his face.

He said: “You say you’ve never seen a Pakistani who can fight, well, you’re going to see a British-Pakistani fight on Saturday and knock your son out.”

Khan feels Garcia Senior has put his son under pressure with all his trash talking and this will play into his hands. Expect Khan to start quickly and if he catches Garcia early it could all be over in the opening rounds.

And if it does go the distance, Khan has the gameplan to ensure this time he gets the nod from the three rather more impartial judges.